Henry Hill

c1856-1896

Henry was a Plasterer. He was born in Poplar, Middlesex. (No confirmed birth or baptism found for Henry. He records his father as James Hill, a Ship Builder, when he marries in 1880).

In 1861,1871 and 1881 Henry (5), was recorded living in the City, Newbury, Berkshire, with his grandparents, James and Susannah Hill. In 1881 he was also recorded living with his wife Hannah in Eastbury, Berkshire (see details below).

Marriage details:

Place: St James, Eastbury, Berkshire

Date: 20^th April 1880

Groom: Henry John Hill, bachelor, occupation, Plasterer, abode, Eastbury

Bride: Hannah Day, spinster, abode, Eastbury

Fathers: James Hill, a Ship Builder and Charles Day, a Dealer

Witnesses: Charles Day and Eliza Fairchild

(Hannah was born 1859, in Lambourn, Berkshire, the daughter of Charles and Mary Day (nee Gilbert) who were married on the 31^st December 1836, at St Michael and All Angels, Lambourn).

Hannah had an illegitimate son, William Charles Day, in 1877.

Henry and Hannah had the following children:

Edith Kate, 1880

Albert Henry, c1882

Frederick Arthur, 1884

William Charles, c1888

Beatrice Ellen, c1888

Edward James, c1890

Henry John, 1891

Alice, c1894

Sidney Frank, 1896

In 1881 Henry (24), a Plasterer, Hannah (22), Hannah’s son, William C. Day (3) and their daughter Edith Kate (6 months), were recorded living in Eastbury, Berkshire.

Hannah’s son William Charles Day died aged 5, in 1882. He was buried (as Charles William) on the 13^thAugust, at St James the Great, Eastbury.  

The 1891 census records Henry (35), a Plasterer, Hannah (32) and their children, Edith (10), Albert (9), Frederick (7), William (5), Beatrice (3) and Edward (1), living in Percy Place, Newbury, Berkshire.

Henry died aged 40, in 1896, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 16^th June.

Hannah after Henry ‘s death:

Hannah remarried in 1897 (marriage registered in the December quarter in Newbury). Her 2^nd husband was Charles Pike.

They had the following children:

Charles Alexander Pyke, born 1899 (died aged 2 months, on the 12^th May, buried in the NRC on the 15^th May).

Edith May Pyke, born 1900

Evelyn Annie Pyke, born 1902

Arthur James Pyke, born 1904

The 1901 census records Charles Pike (42), a Bricklayer’s Labourer, Hannah (42), Frederick Hill (17), a Bricklayer’s Labourer, Ellen Hill (13), Edward Hill (11), Henry Hill (9), Alice Hill (7), Frank Hill (5) and May Pike (10 months), living at 4 Shrewsbury Terrace, Newbury.

In 1911 Charles Pike (52), a Bricklayer’s Labourer, Hannah (52), Frederick Hill (27), a Plasterer, Henry John (19), a Builder’s Labourer, Sidney Frank (15), a Messenger Boy, Edith Pike (10), Evelyn Annie Pike (8) and Arthur James Pike (6) were again recorded living at 4 Shrewsbury Terrace.

Charles Pike died aged 75, on the 18^th April 1934, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 21^st April, with his parents Charles (c1825-1900) and Mary (c1834-1915)

The 1939 Register records Hannah living at 16, Southdown Road, Thatcham, Berkshire, with her married son Arthur and his family.

Hannah Pike died aged 81 on the 16^th February 1941. She was buried on the 19^th February, in Shaw Cemetery, Newbury.

Newbury Weekly News

Dated 18^th June 1896

HILL – June 11, at 4 Shrewsbury-terrace, Newbury, Henry Hill, aged 40 years.

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